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  • Airmen add up damage at Wake Island

    Airmen from the 15th Civil Engineering Squadron and the 15th Communications Squadron are working around the clock to provide accurate estimates of the storm damage here. Super Typhoon Ioke brought 155 mph winds and 190 mph gusts to the small atoll on Aug 31, just days after the 188 residents had

  • C-17 Returns to Wake Island

    Three weeks after evacuating 188 people out harms way from a category 5 typhoon Trek 15, a C-17 Globemaster III from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii is returning and bringing back some of its residence and a team to asses the damage. "I flew the mission that brought the

  • Andersen team prepares Wake Island for aircraft

    After Super Typhoon Ioke's 165 mph winds, driving storm surge and waves devastated Wake Island on August 31 the 36th Contingency Response Group from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam was the initial assessment team sent in. "Prior to the storm the experts where all saying there would be no runway left

  • Score one for the good guys

    They say good guys finish last, but at least 134 recently deployed Elmendorf members heartily disagreed, and put their belief on paper last week to do right by one of their best. Capt. Matthew Hummel of the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron wrapped up his Guam deployment on the receiving end of a

  • PACAF leadership visits base, talks with Airmen

    Airmen across Yokota Air Base had the opportunity to meet Pacific Air Forces leadership during an all-call Wednesday at the base theater. General Paul V. Hester serves as the PACAF commander and U.S. Pacific Command Air Component Commander. He was joined by Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Bishop, the new

  • COMPACAF honors Legion of Merit recipient

    Former Chief of Air Force, Major General Lim Kim Choon, was presented Sept. 10 with the United States' Legion of Merit . The award was conferred by the Commander of the Pacific Air Force, General Paul Hester, during his visit to Singapore. The Legion of Merit award recognizes General Lim's efforts

  • Internship promotes international relationship

    A highly competitive and unique program in its infancy here builds bridges between nations, develops professional relationships and improves international health care. The medical summer internship program between Japan and Misawa Air Base began nearly five years ago, said Paul Sayles, 35th Medical

  • ANDERSEN MEMBERS RETURN FROM USNS MERCY HUMANITARIAN MISSION

    Members from the 36th Medical Group, from the 36th Wing and the U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam returned Sunday following a 72-day humanitarian-and-civic-assistance deployment on the USNS Mercy. While embarked on USNS Mercy, service members and

  • Combined forces at ALS benefits students

    Japanese and U.S. military forces train together all the time. The two countries' firefighters, security forces, pilots and maintenance personnel have many opportunities to interact and learn from each other. More and more, that bilateral relationship is carrying over to the military education